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Thursday, 28 April 2011

The Thursday Poem

God's GardenTHE Lord God planted a gardenIn the first white days of the world,And He set there an angel wardenIn a garment of light enfurled. So near to the peace of Heaven,That the hawk might nest with the wren,For there in the cool of the evenGod walked with the first of men. And I dream that these garden closesWith their shade and their sun-flecked sodAnd their lilies and bowers of roses,Were laid by the hand of God. The kiss of the sun for pardon,The song of the birds for mirth, – One is nearer God's heart in a gardenThan anywhere else on earth.For He broke it for us in a gardenUnder the olive-treesWhere the angel of strength was the wardenAnd the soul of the world found ease.Dorothy Frances Gurney (4th October 1858 - 15th June 1932)